made 6 pints of bbq sauce and 6 of ketchup last night as part of my night canning project. found hamburger buns in the freezer and ate our stash of fritos from america for gourmet bbq burger lunch with sweet onions and ranch dressing (from Tiffany!), fresh tomatoes and lettuce and the last of the dill chip pickles Molasses BBQ Sauce This is the basic recipe, triple and quadruple or adjust for preserving purposes, gift giving, etc 1 tablespoon butter or oil 1/2 cup chopped onions 1 large clove garlic, chopped I inch ginger, peeled and chopped 1 cup homemade ketchup 6 tablespoons molasses 1 tablespoon brown sugar 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 3 tablespoon cider vinegar 2 teaspoons prepared yellow mustard 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme 3/4 teaspoon liquid smoke Salt and pepper to taste Heat the butter in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onions and saute until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and stir about 1 minute. Add the remaining ingredients. Reduce heat to medium. Bring to a boil and cook until thickened (this could be hours!) Use a pressure canner to preserve or extra sauce can be frozen for several months.

Shortcut method to the real thing - 1 portion store-bought pizza dough Cooked chicken, cut into bite-sized pieces,re-heated in BBQ sauce of your choice. Add BBQ sauce to pizza dough. Layer with shredded mozzarella cheese, Gouda/Monterrey Jack cheese. Scatter BBQ chicken over cheese. Add onion slices (red onion preferable). Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for about 10 minutes or till cheese melts/dough cooks.. Sprinkle some fresh cut corainder leaves over pizza.